SOUTHWEST: LDS church to provide service during ‘Helping Hands’

Thousands of volunteers of all ages throughout southwest Riverside County, organized under the Mormon Helping Hands, will don bright, yellow âHelping Handsâ vests and T-shirts as they better their communities.

A number of service projects will be taking place simultaneously Saturday, April 27, from 8 a.m. to noon.

In Menifee, the âMenifee Better Togetherâ project with the city of Menifee will enlist HOPE Christian Church, Hospice of the Valley, United Methodist Church, Faith Lutheran Church, St. Vincentâs Parish, Center for Spiritual Living, Generations Church, Elevation Church, Sun City United Methodist Church and the Menifee Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Additionally, key roles will be performed by Habitat for Humanity, Rotary Club of Menifee with their affiliates Rotaract and Interact clubs, Verizon, Evans-Brown Mortuary, Quail Valley Volunteer Fire Dept., Quail Valley Community Group and Miller-Jones Mortuary.

Habitat for Humanity, Brush of Kindness and senior home clean-up; commencing at 8 a.m. at Sun City Civic Association, 26850 Sun City Blvd.

Recognition event: 1 p.m. Activities at the Sun City Civic Association parking area will include a barbecue hosted by Miller-Jones and the city of Menifee for volunteers. Civic leaders will be present.

Perris

Perris city parks clean-up and repair project is scheduled.

Volunteers will meet Public Works staff at City Hall parking lot at 101 N. D St. at 8 a.m. Staff will divide up volunteers into teams and provide directions to the park sites. Volunteers will be working at four sites: Foss Field Park, 138 N. Perris Blvd.; Rotary Park, 1491 A St.; Paragon Park, 264 Spectacular Bid; and Skydive Park, 415 Dale St.

A canned food drive will assist St. James Pantry and Godâs Helping Hand Food Bank. Meet at Mildred Street chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 9 a.m., return at 11 a.m. with distribution of goods to appropriate pantries).

Temecula

Volunteers will be refreshing the âCity of Temecula--Old Traditions/New Opportunitiesâ monument west of I-15 near Temecula Parkway. Access for this project is east of the AM/PM gas station at 44987 Old Town Front St. in Temecula.

Helping Hands will be painting the monument and fence and doing other cleaning and repairs in the area.

Community members will also be doing a detailed cleaning inside and out for Jacobâs House, 31525 Jedediah Smith Road. This âRonald McDonaldâ-type house will be used by families in crisis in association with our local hospitals. For more information about Jacobâs House, please visit www.JacobsHouseTemecula.org.

Volunteerâs helping hands will be painting, trimming, cleaning and doing other work to prepare Chaparral High Schoolâs campus for graduation. Community members can meet at Chaparral High School at 27215 Nicolas Road.

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